Vintage Garger Soda Wooden Bottle Crate – St. Louis, Missouri

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Description

Date: Circa 1930s–1940s
Origin: St. Louis, Missouri
Material: Wood with metal corner brackets and original interior dividers
Branding: “GARGER SODA … Read more Date: Circa 1930s–1940s
Origin: St. Louis, Missouri
Material: Wood with metal corner brackets and original interior dividers
Branding: “GARGER SODA – 3434 Klein St. Louis, MO”

Description
Original wooden soda crate from Garger Soda Company, St. Louis, Missouri. The crate retains its red stenciled advertising on the exterior and original wood grid dividers designed to hold individual glass soda bottles. Reinforced with metal corner brackets.

Garger Soda was a regional bottling company operating in St. Louis in the early to mid-20th century. Like many independent soda bottlers of the 1930s–40s, the company distributed carbonated beverages locally before large national brands dominated the market. Crates like this were reused for delivery and collection of returnable glass bottles, making them a staple of neighborhood grocery and soda distribution.

The address printed on the side (3434 Klein St.) reflects the era when small bottling works operated directly within city neighborhoods.



Use
• Bar or kitchen storage
• Display for bottles
• Rustic wall shelf
• Farmhouse or industrial décor
• Prop styling

Age Estimate
Based on construction style, metal reinforcement, typography, and returnable bottle format, this crate likely dates to the late 1930s through 1940s.

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